Raising Kids Online podcast with Dr Brad Marshall: Growing up with AI: What a GP sees in young people and screen time – Part 2

In Part 2 of this episode, Dr Brad Marshall and Dr Mick Tong discuss how AI and screen use may affect young people’s social and cognitive development:

• Explore how AI may affect young people’s social and critical-thinking skills
• Consider the tensions between school and family expectations around screen use
• Reflect on how educational technology fits into learning
• Recognise how late-night screen use can affect school attendance
• Question whether screen-time guidance reflects different ages and uses

Listen now below:

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Host: Dr Brad Marshall, Psychologist; Author; Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University

Expert: Dr Mick Tong, General Practitioner

Total time: 26 mins

Additional resources:

• Australian 24-hour movement guidelines
• How too much screen time is hurting our kids: study – Macquarie University
• Should schools unplug? What a GP sees in young people and screen time – Part 1

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